> Elliot Hong (29 Nov 2015)
> "Additional Thoughts for Hanukkah"
> 1) We all know that 21 fragments of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 began to > collide with Jupiter from Av 9, 1994 for 7 days.
> Av 9 was the day that the first and the second temple of God were > destroyed because they were corrupted.
> But what is the meaning that the collision of 21 fragments started > from Av 9?
> Ron Reese interpreted 21 fragments as 21 years from 1994 indicating > 2015 and 21 judgments of the Tribulation.
The worst judgments of the Tribulation come in the last half, the Great Tribulation.
What if 2015 is in the first half of the Tribulation? This Pope said that God is not divine, and that atheists are saved. Doesn't that put him in the category of the Antichrist? He was chosen on 3-13-13. Therefore, to me, that might have been the beginning of the Tribulation. If so, Mid-Trib will be on Aug. 24, 2016, a day hard to forget, my mom's birthday.
The First-Trump Rapture of I Th 4:16,17 should take place between now and Mid-Trib, when the False Prophet comes to power.
RE: THE ANTICHRIST AND FALSE PROPHET, WHO RULE DURING THE TRIBULATION
Rev 13:1 (KJV) says, "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads (i.e., Babel, Babylon II, Medo-Persia, Greece, Holy Roman Empire, Ecclesiastical Holy Roman Empire, and Babylon III) and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy" (i.e., PONTIFEX MAXIMUS, started by Nimrod).
Rev 13:5-11 says, "And there was given unto him (i.e., THE FIRST BEAST, ANTICHRIST) a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months (i.e., 3-13-13 to 8-24-2016). 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and THEM (i.e., the wise-virgins) THAT DWELL IN HEAVEN (i.e., the First-Trump Rapture takes place just before Mid-Trib).
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints (i.e., the foolish-virgins left behind the first time), and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11 And I beheld ANOTHER BEAST (i.e., the Satan-possessed False Prophet, who will come to power Mid-Trib and rule during the shortened Great Tribulation) coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon."
Rev 17:9-14 says, "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains (i.e., kingdoms), on which the woman (i.e., the Harlot Church) sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and ONE IS (i.e., Antichrist), AND THE OTHER (i.e., the False Prophet) IS NOT YET COME; and when he cometh (i.e., Mid-Trib), he must continue a short space (i.e., the shortened Great Tribulation). 11 And the beast (i.e., Satan) that was (i.e., in Judas Iscariot), and is not (i.e., in man now), even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition (i.e., the False Prophet). 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are TEN KINGS, WHICH HAVE RECEIVED NO KINGDOM AS YET (i.e., at Mid-Trib); but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and THEY THAT ARE WITH HIM (i.e., the wise-virgin saints raptured just before the Mid-Trib rise of the False Prophet) ARE CALLED, AND CHOSEN, AND FAITHFUL."
Hanukkah is not mentioned there. It ties in with Jesus being conceived on Kislev 24.
Hag 2:18,19 says, "Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation (i.e., Jesus) of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is the seed (i.e., Jesus) yet in the barn? (i.e., a saying meaning is she pregnant?) YEA, as yet the vine (i.e., Jesus), and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you."
THE FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE TAKES PLACE WHEN THERE ARE FIRST-RIPE GRAPES
Son 2:10-15 says, "My beloved spake, and said unto me, RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY FAIR ONE, AND COME AWAY. 11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone (i.e., Nisan is over); 12 The flowers appear on the earth (i.e., April showers bring May flowers); the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle (lit., turtledove) is heard in our land (i.e., they come in April and leave in October); 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. ARISE, MY LOVE, MY FAIR ONE, AND COME AWAY. 14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock (i.e., Jesus), in the secret places (i.e., places is not in the original, this is the secret) of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for OUR VINES HAVE TENDER GRAPES."
There will be tender grapes on Pentecost Sunday, June 12, 2016, when summer is nigh. I'm hoping for the First-Trump Rapture that day. To me, the Tribulation began 3-13-13.
> the false prophet is the Antichrist.
There are two beasts, the Antichrist and the False Prophet. Both come out of the Ecclesiastical Holy Roman Empire. The Antichrist rules during the first half of the Tribulation. The False Prophet rules during the last half, the Great Tribulation.
Rev 13:11 says, "And I beheld ANOTHER BEAST coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon."
Rev_16:13 says, "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of THE BEAST, and out of the mouth of THE FALSE PROPHET."
Rev_19:20 And THE BEAST was taken, AND WITH HIM THE FALSE PROPHET that wrought miracles before (enopion, in the presence of) him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These BOTH were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone."
Agape,
Marilyn Agee
mjagee@verizon.net
prophecycorner.theforeverfamily.com
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Elliot Hong (29 Nov 2015)
"Additional Thoughts for Hanukkah"
Dear Doves:
Additional thoughts for Hanukkah came up after my previous letter was posted.
1) We all know that 21 fragments of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 began to collide with Jupiter from Av 9, 1994 for 7 days.
Av 9 was the day that the first and the second temple of God were destroyed because they were corrupted.
But what is the meaning that the collision of 21 fragments started from Av 9?
Ron Reese interpreted 21 fragments as 21 years from 1994 indicating 2015 and 21 judgments of the Tribulation.
As I wrote in my previous post, the theme of Hanukkah, the feast of Dedication fits to 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.
And the verse "God will destroy him" could mean that God would leave him in the Tribulation.
Thus Hanukkah could be the feast for the separation caused by the Rapture.
For this reason, the collision of 21 fragments which started on Av 9 could be a sign indicating Hanukkah of 2015 for the
separation between the holy temple and the defiled temple of believers.
2) The 7 branches of the menorah represent not only 7 days of the Creation but also the 7 feasts.
So the middle branch represents Shavout, and there must be a reason for it.
According to Exodus 19:5-6, Shavout was the time when God made a covenant with Moses and the Israelites.
"Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.
Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdome of priests and be a holy nation."
They understood this word as a covenant of the marriage, but it was conditional.
As it's written in Luke 5:35 "But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them," Yeshua came for
them to marry.
Yet they rejected him, and the blessing of the marriage was handed over to the Church.
This was why the Church Age began from Shavout as the Holy Spirit came down.
The Hanukkiyah (Hanukkah menorah) has 9 branches, and the middle lamp is called Shamash(servant) representing the Lord.
And there are 4 branches on both sides.
Is there any meaning of this?
Could it be interpreted as Church and Israel?
4 means "Dalet" (Door) representing Rev. 4:1.
Could it be the message of God that the Gentile Bride enters New Jerusalem to marry the Lord first, then Israel later as like
Jacob married Leah first, then Rachel later?
If it's the right interpretation, Hanukkah is the time for the Blessed Hope.
3) The menorah lighting ritual with pure olive oil during Hanukkah last year was indeed a significant sign in my opinion.
I believe that it's a sign suggesting that the Bride should be filled with pure olive oil to light the temple.
And 12 months were given from Hanukkah last year as like Esther had to prepare herself for 12 months.
How can the Bride be filled with pure olive oil?
Gethemane means the place where olive oil is pressed.
It was the place where the Lord showed total surrender before the crucifixion.
To produce oil out of olive fruits, they are crushed, pressed, grinded and squeezed.
It shows that self of believer must die completely to be filled fully with the Holy Spirit.
This is the way how the Bride can be filled with pure olive oil to light the temple.
4) According to Colossians 2:16-17, the new moon is the shadow of thing to come and the body is of Christ.
And Esther was chosen as the queen in the 10th month of Tevet as it's written in Esther 2:16-17.
Amazingly both verses are 2:16-17.
Coincidence?
Or is it a confirmation that the new moon of the 10th month(Tevet) which is the 6th day of Hanukkah is for the Blessed Hope?
"Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath
commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them." (Isaiah 34:16)
5) According to Calvin's article "Scripture, heavens, signs, numbers ALL "speak" of early December RAPTURE, THEN JUDGMENT!!!,"
on 12/7 the moon will line up with Venus(Jesus) and Spica(which represents the "firstfruits" or "Christians") AND there is an actual
"hiding" of Venus(a type of the rapture of the saints being "hidden" in Jesus and away from this evil world) on December 7 !!!
He also wrote "the dates of 12/1-7 seem to perfectly describe the Rapture event (Rev. 12:1-7) alongside the takeover of the dragon
upon this earth."
No one knows the day or hour, but we all know it's very close.
Maranatha!